Last week, DX reported that Kendrick Lamar’s critically acclaimed good kid, m.A.A.d city was expected to debut on the charts with over 200,000 copies sold. Now, HITS Daily Double brings in the final tally on the Compton upstart’s much-talked about project.
According to reports, good kid, m.A.A.d city debuted to 242,122 units sold, landing him at the #2 spot on the Billboard 200 sales chart. The Aftermath/Interscope emcee came in one spot behind Taylor Swift, whose album Red debuted at the #1 spot with 1,209,817 units sold.
The Billboard 200 isn’t the only chart on which K. Dot’s album nabbed a top-tier spot. As of October 23, good kid, m.A.A.d city managed to debut at the #2 spot on the iTunes album chart as well.
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Yes! Let’s get it! Not only he has the critical acclaim but he has the numbers to back it up. This is a situation where if you don’t like what he is doing, you flat out don’t like hip hop. He touches base on so many components of the music so if you don’t like Kendrick then you don’t like hip hop. You may like rap but rap aint shit!
“This is a situation where if you don’t like what he is doing, you flat out don’t like hip hop. nigga like who the fuck do you think you are. shut the fuck up with you false dictation of what people should and shouldnt like. who the fuck do you think you are nigga
These Nazi “hip hop” fanboys are so hilarious.
KL is just one artist. One impressive sales week doesn’t mean he represents hip hop. Remember, even J. Cole sold 200,000 copies. Point being, people can like or dislike who they choose, and a strong debut doesn’t automatically mean people can’t criticize the guy if they listen and don’t feel his music in the same way you might.
I’m fine with what he is doing, he seems like a nice kid so congrats to him for his success. But that album ain’t for me, yo. Shit’s mad sleepy.
Congradulations KL. Well deserved sales. I bought the album, haven’t listened to anything else all week.
Congratulations Kendrick indeed. I also bought the album n haven’t listened to anything else yet since it came out either. Anyway good lookin’ Kendrick. Althought the Aftermath/Interscope been working overtime on a mf though, like damn I was alrdy gonna buy it since it been announced yo, damn!
Still haven’t heard any of the tracks cause i wanna buy it first! Driving me nuts
Fork up 10 bucks nigga, this ain’t a world series ticket
^^THIS!! lol!
” DRIVING ME NUTS” HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
havnt heard any of the tracks?!?! This nigga live in a cave?
I think its safe to say officer ricky isn’t the biggest boss in the music industry, but congrats to Kendrick #WELLDONE
Congrats K.Dot. Those numbers fantastic in this day and age where so manyn niggas download. Taylor Swift sold 1.2 millions copies. Man who the fuck buys that many records? Shit is impossible that amount these days but this goes to prove white people will buy anything.
i heard they were sellin her album for 99 cents and giving that shit away when you order pizzas
i personally wasn’t feelin the album but congrats to him anyway.
Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?
WTF??? TAYLOR SWIFT SOLD 1.2 MILLION RECORDS IN 1 WEEK??? WHO THE FUCK BUYS HER ALBUMS…I KNOW MY KIDS HATE THAT BITCH…
Have you ever met that bitch? Of course not, so be a better example for your kids by not using words they can read and use.
Thats because pop appeals to a larger audience than hiphop.. But Wait till king Slim Shady drops his next album. He’s the only rapper who can surpass artists of any genre.
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1.2 Mill in a week!!??? Wtf Taylor Swift moves UNITS
LMFAO DRAKE AND WAYNE JUST BE ON THE FLOOR TONIGHT AT THE GAME AND BE LAUGHING THEIR ASSES OFF. THOSE ARE BABY NUMBERS CMON SON
but kendrick didnt sell out and make pop records for little kids
Swimming Pool enough said. Oh yea couple hits with Lady Gaga, shut the fuck up, pop means popular, so technically Kendrick is becoming popular..
what hits with lady gaga? he left that shit off his album. swimming pools was pop?
Go rapgenius Swimming Pools and tell me if it fits the criteria for “sell-out” pop.
Goes to show once again the difference between hip hop and other genres of music. 242,000 is very impressive, but when compared to 1.2 million, it proves how hip hop has actually lost fans.
well hip hop artist get bootlegged the most and as hip hop fans we are torn between 2 subject matters at the moment, Lyrical(which has always been there) and Swag(One of them Fads).
Hip Hop has always been about that, longevity v fad, bootlegging. The new generation of music fans simply do not buy music like their predecessors did. It’s not rocket science.
This would’ve been number one any other week. 2 Chainz went #1 with barely over 100k.
k dot cool respect him for respecting himself. Overrated though
He is just getting started.if anything the man is underrated.are you not sick of seeing the same mothafuckas on tv???wayne drake Ross wale meek Nikki Minaj…..don’t even get me started on her.think twice before you call an artist who is still on the rise “underrated”.
haha everyone saying how 200,000 is good numbers by todays standards. While Drake sells over 700,000 on both album first week sales. call it pop if u want, but 200,000 is no standard for anything great… Good album tho, it just shows u that hip hop and rap fans really, aint gonna go out and buy ya music unless they really feel u…
hahaha relax i was just fcking with u white kids before u all start saying “Fuck Drake & YMCMB”
wow 1,209,817 sold i need to cop that taylor swift
hahaha
Goddamn 1.2 mil, that bitch Taylor Swift makin moves right now….props to my nigga Kendrick though
This is so bitter-sweet. Sweet because those are good number, I believe the best debut or close to it for a hip hop album this year. Bitter because Taylor murked him by 1,000,000 copies wow.
But as is the case with hip hop albums, I don’t buy first week sales because labels buy back records to create buzz. Think about it, it’s better than spending $ on marketing. $1 million invested is 125,000 records. Thats no money when you think about marketing.
We’ll see how things go in week #2. If he drops to 50,000 sold, it’s a sham
If Interscope were buying back records why they aint break out the money to save the countless flops they released this year??
Stop being so paranoid, you know nothing.
Labels do not fcking buy albums. Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? How in the fuck would they do that without people finding out? SMH.
labels do “buy-back” albums, that’s the reason for the term in the first place. Do you see the GIVEAWAY box on the site? Ever heard the radio when whatever number caller wins a free album of the latest release? That’s the “buy-back” program being implemented. Many industry office workers, messengers, mail-room staff, shipping companies, radio employees see and handle the “buy-backs” program.
It exists. You strange beings seem to associate this program with “padding the numbers”. With bar-coding & iTunes, it’s a huge task to make 100-500 thousand copies show up and suddenly disappear. If you’re thinking about a warehouse somewhere, you, may be the conspiracy theorist.
That cracker ho owned him on the charts though.
Wow! Sometimes its hard to be a hiphop fan when I know people like you listen to it.
“Swimmin Pools enough said.”
LOL that single was far from a hit. It flopped big time. It just came and went and no one gave a fuck.
what are you talking bout? it still playing on the radio…and I live in ATL…..COMPTON NIGGA GETTING PLAY DOWN SOUTH
Yeah they showing mad love to that song in Dallas
Idk about the rest of the world but I know Ohio is showin dude love.106 & park seems to like it as well
“swimming pools” was #14 on Billboard’s HipHop/R&B charts last week.
The condescending blogger reporting from the cul-de-sac knows what’s going on everywhere in the world. Too proud to realize you just aren’t as smart as you think you are. Feel free to entertain us with your inane jargon.
Swimming Pools on the radio here in Toronto. Gotta love it
Hip Hop fans don’t buy albums, so this is a HUGE win for him. I’m a fan and I didn’t even expect this. Of course Taylor Swift is going to sell a mil better. 13 year old girls don’t know how to torrent. He’ll be making stacks selling out touring in much larger venues, though.
thats a very ignorant comment…I’m a hip hop fan…i bought it the first day…..been a hip hop fan since 1985…..i was born in 80.
i love hiphop and i have never bought an album
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Its incredible how incapable people are of understanding what a generalization is. Obviously he isnt saying that NOONE buys hip hop albums…. cause he is lauding the 240k units he did move. so your “i buy albums asshole” comment is semi-retarded.
not larger than hers* just larger than what he has been.
Nice to see a respected album that can actually move a few units. I’m impressed, not a fan myself but congrats to him. If nothing else I recognize the kid is much better then the usual rappers that occupy that slot. salute to Interscope for rolling the dice on a rapper who isn’t a faggot or retarded, as would seem to be the norm these days.
DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO SEE HIP HOP BACK ON IT
I don’t get some of you niggaz…throwing hate at this dude. I mean what do you want. in the words of tupac “you don’t have to bump this but please respect it”. Its undeniable that this dude is talented and a unique artist. So the album did’nt meet your expectations…..thats good he has room to grow…thats the scary part. Its not always good to drop a classic first time out…cause then you will have pressure to do better than that and people will always compare your work to that. DUDE DROPPED A SOLID ALBUM….a great story telling album which LACKS MAJORLY IN HIP HOP TODAY. If you don’t like dude fine….but as a hip hop fan…you got to be glad that somebody like this sold well in the first week. He has sold 240,000 and hasn’t even dropped a second single yet…..i think “money trees” should be next in my opinon. Anyway congrats to dude…for real
Well said…spoken like a true hiphop fan and a person with some sense. I bought and listened to the album and would say that the album is good, not great, and more importantly that I’m happy with my purchase. I know that Kendrick was under alot of pressure and so forth so for him to not flop and compromise his sound like Slaughterhouse did for a major release is commendable in my opinion. I look forward to the other TDE artist major debuts.
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and that bitch taylor beat him, wow….
FTI
That was expected
This IS NOT a success…It just means that the people who are going to cop, copped it at release…Next week there will be a drastic drop in sales. I don’t think it will even go gold.
Who gives a fuck?ppl should never care about sales.first of all every album that drops gets leaked n shit so that’s like a good 35% gone rite there.kendrick is dope.period.fuck a record sales chart.that shit is never accurate anyways
This IS a success. I don’t know if you realize this, but a lot of “hip-hop fans” (girls and guys alike) don’t like Kendrick. They don’t understand him, they think he’s weird, they say he’s overrated. So he still has millions of minds to change for that follow-up album. But for a debut, he did an impeccable job. It’s sad people can’t recognize a high quality album when they hear one. I think it’s also the fact that he’s trying to take hip-hop in a new direction, Black Hippy is on that next level and the world ain’t ready.
Well look at Sideline Story. This album sold more overall, and it still went gold within the first few months. It’s still only number 3 on iTunes. I think this album can be platinum easily.
seeing real hip hop sell is kinda strange nowadays.
U AINT NEVER LIE BRO I HOPE MEEK DOES 10K HIS FIRST WEEK CAUSE THAT BOY IGNORANT AS HELL
News flash.meek is just like any other rapper.sorry to burst yo bubble
I think meek will only do about 60-80k
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Taylor Swift maybe the only modern day artist who can sell a million first week. I dnt think Wayne can anymore cuz of the backlash from C4 & the horrible Dedication4..Possibly Adele but she’ll have to keep making hits.Lady Gaga did but she sold hers at a cheaper price, at regular prices, idk..Props to Kendrick tho, this is a strong first week hopefully he’ll atleast go gold in a yr or so
i guarantee Em will sell a mill first week.
Kendrick did real good. He doesn’t make pop hip hop. He put together a real Hip Hop project.Taylor Swift’s audience doesn’t really download & her promotion was ridiculous. I’m in NY & they’re selling her album on Papa John’s website. I went to get pizza & they were promoting her album! A machine like that behind you might help just a little.
…Papa John???!!!…The Marketing is “A Fucking BEAST”!!!…
Kendrick is looking at plat if Poetic Justice is released as a single. It’s one of the worse songs on the album, but its the perfect single for the album.
Best 1st week sales from a hip-hop album in 2012 so far: good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick
Nicki Minaj sold more in first week, you jackass.
Personally I don’t consider her new album to be hip-hop, but still.
I AM FAKE
Nope. Kendrick actually sold more.
240,000 copies sold equals world wide tours for the next 4-6 years off this record alone. He’s a millionaire off this project period! Taylor Swift is a white pop artist she is easily closing in on a 100 million dollars. Both are doing really well.
You lost credibility after you stated she was a “white pop singer”. No shit sherlock. For a second there I thought she was Hispanic. Stupid fucker.
white people!!!! damn…..1.2+mil ?
Not the biggest Kendrick fan, only ever liked “look out for detox” & “hiii power”. But I have to admit, this album was dope as fuck from start to finish. “backseat freestyle” & “money trees” are dope!!!
kendrick would’ve sold more (maybe 300k), but all you little nerdy backpacker mainstream-hating underground geeks say “album sales dont mean shit” just as an excuse not to BUY the album, yet wayne kanye jayz eminem are all selling good numbers
Cool story, bro. Tell it again.
No, seriously. Nobody cares about your problems. Put a tampon on and shut up. These numbers are good for Kendrick.
wut
@anon, cant handle the truth now can you?
the only reason those albums sell is coz white teenage bitches buy that shit
Taylor Swift needs to thank Kanye for making white folks by her music, to prove that a black man a stopping nothing.
imma let u finish but black men raped my mom and my best friend got beatin till he was paralyzed by three blacks. would u like me to thank blacks for that too? so i find black chicks and pretend to be exactly what they want and make them fall for me then i dump they fat ass and tell them they were just a fuck
good for K.L. :-)))))
who actually buys music anymore when theres spotify and rhapsody? do u rent movies at video stores too? do u eat your food without jerking off in it first? do u pretend to put a condom on but inside slide it in from behind without her knowing your raw and impregnate the bitch? do u like her asshole without watching the lakers loose? do u play with your dogs lipstick and apply that on your lips before handling his moist balls while talking dirty to him? do u smack your mom while your dad rapes u from behind while your uncle watches? do u pimp out your sister to your friends who have stds and make her go raw on them and get aids because she stole your iphone for a minute to make an emergency call because she was bleeding out her ass cause your uncle had his way. well if you do all this then you might be a redneck
It’s called supporting good music. You’re to cheap to buy an album that is a classic. This album will be put up with illmatic, ready to die, death certificate and reasonable doubt.
I like that him an J.Cole both sold over 200k. Good signs for the future of rap. I liked Kendricks a lot more, but I’m pumped for their collab.
Watch all rappers try to get Taylor Swift on their singles now.
GOOD POINT!!!
Thats whats up. Good job Kendrick, you deserve it.
those are astonishing numbers
Kendrick & J. Cole sold over 200k and K.R.I.T. is always mentioned as a good sign for the next generation of rappers along with the other two, the people that say that did him dirty when he’s album dropped, he deserved to sell at least 100k.
Anyways, congratulations Kendrick… I’m from England and I got my copy.
when is schoolboy dropping ?
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whats with all this shit, blaming white ppl for waynes success? im not much of a wayne fan but seen him perform once, two years ago and blacks outnumbered whites like 10-1 at that show. my eyes dont decieve me and most likely if youve been to a show, you also own the ablum, jus sayin. i got that carter 1 and 2 but havent bought an album from him since. on another note. i got that new kdot album. been on replay since
I’m happy for Kendrick, his album was tight, but I can’t help but think Interscope bought some of his units, his buzz wasn’t that big
You dont need a BUZZ when the music come correct section 80 was his buzz how you think they did it before the internet and digital downloads got big they put there heart and soul into the project wu-tang sold millions just from the love of the people and and some of the best hip hop ever released they never was mainstream.
the buzz was that big I bought two copies and quit assuming. People will pay for good music. I know guys in their 30’s and 40’s that bought the album. My dad bought the album and he is in his 50’s. I hope it goes past gold. Plus Twitter has went crazy over the album. Other rappers have came out and said they bought the album. If your peers have that much respect and said they bought the album that sums it up to me.
iiiiiiif kendrick really did do that. even though i think the label bought his shit. cause nobody on the east coast listens to kendrick lamar. nobody in the south never even heard of kendrick lamar. meek mill got wayyyy more buzz. so if kendrick did that meek should do 300k n up first week
how can you say nobody on the east coast listens to kendrick? or nobody in the south? how can you speak for an entire reigion like that?
we rocking kendrick lamar up in canada ya bish
you guys are gonna be so mad when meek mill does baby numbers
^^^^ @realtalk… i cannot speak for the south but I live in boston, and kendrick, soul, and q are without question the most talked about hip hop artists in my school. Even with me being from the east coast, I still cant even speak for everyone else. But from what I have observed, and from what i have heard and talked about with people, kendrick is largely considered the best rapper out, and kids play songs from gkmc in the halls… So enough with this generalizing bull shit
meek mill will sell 30k or 40k hurricane sandy is fucking up the eastern seabord ppl dnt have tym 2 go and buy a rap ulbum
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He be talkin’ bout the weight he push
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Now he got whatchu want for sale
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How in the hell this nigga sold 240k Check Dr. Dre itunes account purchase 150k purchases wow!! This dude is so garbage I wouldnt buy this album if it was elgible for EBT purchase (fruity peebles have more value) He will be irrelevant next year this time- i’m gone!
sorry but kendrick will be far from irrelevant next year
he will probably be more popular than your fav rapper you bum ass welfare hoe
I hope the best for this dude. He is a humble cat who displays authenticity in everything he does in hip hop. This is uncommon in todays gayass hip pop landscape full of Rick Ross clowns and garbage rappers. Kendrick is a lyricist and actually takes time to give “us” the consumer quality music vs. ignorant dance for the money bamboozzled monkey shit which is polutting the airwaves and young gullible kids minds. Godspeed Kendrick. One love and thank you for that breath of fresh air with your latest cd. It brought back alot of memories of growing up in the 90’s when mostly everything that dropped was classic material. Ya’ll kid’s will never know but will wish to be.One
meek mill fans gonna blame his weak sales on sandy! LOL
Slim Shady LP – 283,000 first week
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – 872,000 first week
The Documentary – 586,000 first week
Chronic 2001 – 516,000 first week
do the math
Aftermath gets the last laugh?
fuck gold lets get this album to reach diamond
Let’s try to be realistic.
hold on hold on… taylor swift went plat in a week???
Taylor Swift OMG. & The girl writes all of her own stuff and produces as well. Get it girl.
When ever someones sells, IT has to be the record label who bought it. SMH
Kendrick deserved every sale, deserves a shit load more.
And Wayne goes almost a mili in a week? a damn SHAME
If you listen to the album from start to finish you will notice there is story interwoven between skits and actual songs. It paints a stylized picture of the challenges faced by a young black man growing up in Compton, CA. I like the album.
It may be a bit different from what you are used to hearing but everyone has their own taste. Based on some of the comments it appears some of you have emotional issues. You spend too much time and energy on lesser ways of thinking. That is your decision of course but it doesn’t change the reality that you are a loser hating on the next man who is doing what you either cannot or will not do.
There is no covering that up by trying to assume some intellectual, moral or spiritual high ground. What is driving your momentum to do what you do is jealousy; the little bitch in you that keeps you where you are at: 2012 Loser Lane.
preach brother..gospel truth,…some of these folks hate themselves so much, u can see why they have nothing to share but hate…loosers..
Overatted. His 2nd week sales will be like 50,000. YOU WATCH
Stop hating.
you were right…59,000 this week
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at least he will go Gold which isn’t bad at all in today’s market
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Keep It Up Kendrick